finasteride Stopped Working After 5 Years, Will Dermapen Work? (dupa)

[kaneki]

Hey all. I started finasteride at 19 years old and now I'm almost 25. I started finasteride because I noticed my sides and back lose lots of density after taking accutane.

I have accutane induced hairloss, more specifically (DUPA), the worst of them all.

Anyways, my hairline has been receding badly the past year, as well as diffusing everywhere.

After lots of research, I decided not take Dutasteride, mainly because reducing serum DHT that much will affect your brain, and after lots of searching online, most people seem to actually have worse results than if they hadn't taken it.

I also don't take min because it caused me heart palpitations etc.

My question is, I started dermaneedling with the derminator 2 months ago at 2mm. I don't bleed much and I do it once a week.

Is there a possibility that microneedling won't work for someone with DUPA?

Thanks

 

[ScienceofHair]

There's a good chance dermapen won't work for anyone.

Some get results but it's definitely not a sure thing.

 

[camille leprevost]

Hello my friend, i am french so i apologise in advance for my english.

I do have the same pattern as you, almost the same age 28, thinning and overall shedding back, side, and top and my hairline is quite not touched actually. I think it is DUPA and it is similar to female pattern hair loss actually.

Some studies showed that high prolactin level can cause hair on side and back to become sensitive to androgen as well. So might be something to dig in. Also annecdotally, it seems that DUPA sufferer are sensitive to DHT but also to Free testosterone in scalp. Apparently DHT seem to cause localised thinning where testosterone cause diffuse thinning.

So If you have been to a dermatologist, i hope she gave you a full bloodwork to do because besides that they are useless, and i am sure she didn't know what you had and told you it is some telogen effluvium, stress related stuff ....

You need to check for :
-nutritionnal defficiency
-metabolism glucidic ((Glucose, insuline sensitivity,)
- full hormonal check : cortisol, LH ,FSH ,Prolactine, E2,17OH progesterone, progesterone, SHBG, testosterone total, free T, androstanediol G6470, delta 4 androstenedione, DHEA-S, DHT ....
- inflamatory syndrom ...

I am going to do a full blood check this friday, so i will send you the result here in 2 weeks if you want. If you have done a full blood work too, it will be great to compare it to check for similitude.

To tell you a bit about myself i started to lose hair all over since 3 years now.
I only started 7 month ago to take 1 mg finasteride daily, but it has thin my hair considerably because of the boost of scalp tesoterone it caused i think. I tried to add different antiandrogen topically such as ru58841 to tackle the rise in T (had to stop due to chest pain , shortness of breath), i used now topical cb0301 30mg/day but it is not enough powerful so it doesn't do sh*t. I am going to try topical bicalutamide now soon as it is a stronger AA and i think we have to fight testoerone as well.
Besides finasteride + cb0301 i don't take any supplement and it didn't stop my shedding at all.

I am curious to know about how much you lose hair per day, what regimen are you on, it seems you use minoxidil, dit it worked on you ? and how you manage to apply it all over your head ?

Also @(Will Be an Egg in 5 years) and (@Paqua) can you share if anything in your regimen has improved your situation so far or make it worse. Would be great to share info

You can send me a message privately as well.

Looking forward helping each other to solve that sh*t.

Best regard